Follow the instructions in my answer here to use the Fusion's command line PolyClipData
.
Assuming you have:
- shapefiles named tree_0.shp, tree_1.shp,...,tree_138.shp (as stated through comments).
- the las file to be clipped with name
data.las
. - the fusion software stored directly under the c: drive.
- the shp files and the las file stored under a folder named 'forest'
Write the following command line:
FOR /L %%W IN (0,1,138) DO CALL c:\fusion\polyclipdata /index c:\forest\tree_%%W.shp c:\forest\clipped_data_%%W.las c:\forest\data.las
FOR /L %%W IN (0,1,138) DO CALL c:\fusion\polyclipdata /index c:\forest\tree_%%W.shp c:\forest\clipped_data_%%W.las c:\forest\data.las
The FOR /L %%W IN (0,1,138) DO CALL
part is a loop which will take one shapefile at a time to clip your main las file. In this case, the output will be 139 las files clipped by their respective shapefile.
I guess the time of processing will depend on how much is the number of shapefiles and the size of the main las file.
The /L
part is a shortcut, so there is no need to write:
FOR %%W IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,....,138) DO CALL .....
FOR %%W IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,....,138) DO CALL .....
With /L
it reads the following between the brackets: (start,step,end).
The /index
switch creates the .ldx and .ldi files which are necessary for visualization in the Fusion's viewer.